{"id":4866,"date":"2015-12-04T07:02:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2015-12-05T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T16:16:33","slug":"against-some-things-i-just-cant-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4866","title":{"rendered":"Against some things I just can’t compete"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sanford_heli_24746\"<\/a>I’ve always been a fan of the Bell 222\/230 helicopter models, because I was a fan of the TV show “Airwolf<\/a>” as a kid.\u00a0 So when I got to shoot photos and video of the launch of the then-upcoming Sanford AirMed aircraft as a second shooter for a colleague, I was all over it.\u00a0 Too bad they couldn’t round up the rocket pods and chain guns from the TV model!<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to me, my wife had taken our little boys for a McDonald’s treat to watch Daddy on the roof of the hospital as the helicopter came in on approach, hovered, took off, landed, and that sort of thing.\u00a0 I found out about that later.\u00a0 A few nights prior they’d seen me at the Bismarck Civic Center, running a camera for the monster truck show.<\/p>\n

As I tucked them in that night and recalled some of the things they’d seen Daddy do, the conversation with my littlest boy went something like this:<\/p>\n

Me: “Working around monster trucks one day, then a helicopter a few days later, your Dad sure has a neat job, huh?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Boy: “Yeah…but did you know that Uncle Kaasiim is a MAILMAN<\/strong>?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Not to insult mailmen, but I thought monster trucks and helicopters would have ranked a little higher!\u00a0 Oh well, I guess maybe I needed a dose of humility.\u00a0 What better to deliver it than the unguarded utterance of a child?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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